Arch and tile for forming same



LMSFSQ Feb. 2 1927.

2 G. P. REINTJES ARCH AND TILE FOR FQRMING SAME Filed Aug. 25, 1926 INVEN TOR. J it??? ATTORNEYS.

patented Pets. 223, i2 2? are r a to l e.

has it 3?. REINTJESQ OF lilrtilSAS LITY, MISSOURI.

ARCH AND TILE ESE, FQRI'Y'LENG SAME.

Application filed August 25, 1926. fierial No. 131.4%,

This invention relatcs to arches for furnace Wall openings and the like and to units for the construction of such arches, and my object is -to produce units a'v hcrcby seli supporting arches may be erected without the use of mortar or any other hinder. A further objcctis to produce units whereby it is possible to provide an. opening with a self-supporting arch of such straight or curved form, or to arrange the arch units to provide a Wall opening which slants or slopes in any desired direction. A still further object is to provide units and an arch therefrom of simple strong, durable and inexpensive construction l/Vith these objects in View the invention consists'in certain novel and useful features of, construction and combinations o't parts as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood, refen ence is to he had to the accompanying drawing, in which zp V Figure 1 is a trontelevation of a self-supthe sidei'aces, the upperend of each riser portion oi a step at one side of the unit belng adapted to ht snugly into and interlock with the depending portion of the riser portion of an abutting block. The upper and lower faces of each block are horizontal and are provided with grooves a; Which are functionless when the arch is straight or horizontal as indicated by Figure l, but which serve to receive and interlock with riser portions of abutting blocks when arranged to form a true arch, as indicated in Figure 2.

The unit blocks correspond in height and in width from front face to rear face '70 with the unit hlocks'fl, and at one side are inclined and stopped as described by reference to the unit blocks 3', that is to say, are stepped as at 10 to correspond to the tread portions 6 and have riser portions llcor- 7 responding to-ris'er portions 7 of unit blocks 3. The other face of each keyunit block is flat as at 12, and. extends at rightangles to' the top and hottoni faces of such block's,

porting straight or horizontal arch composed which, like the topand bottom faces of unit so blocks 3 are horizontal.

of units eznl'io'dyin'n the invention.

Figure 2 is a similar View of raised arch. Figure 3 is a detail perspecti rc View of one of the units.

Figure 4 .is a detail perspective View .of

rides for an arch of any desired type,-

Figure 5 is aside iew showinga plurality of units as arranged to providean opening which slopes or slants througha' wall;

Referring now to the; drawingin detail, 1 indicates an opening: formed in a all corn posed of tire brick 2 or theiike. T his open- 30 the other.- type otunit, which in conjunc-' tion wlth the unit shown in Figure. 3-pro- To produce straight or horizontal arch a pair of the unithlocirs are mounted upon the wall 2 opposite sldesot the openlng 1. Tliese urtit blocks. are preferably of the I key type for convenience of laying other brick 9. conueniently against them because ot'othe straight outer sides of the key unit t, a block such as 4, 15 mounted upon the Wall 2 at each sldelof theopenmg, no I blocks. 1

.hlocks 3 are also mountedpreferably upon such Walls with. their outer stepportions orsides-- interlocking with the inner or step sides lot blocks l, it being" preferred that the first or the blocks 3""empl0'yed. shall ing, throughthe utilization otfire brick unit partly. overlap the openina'; ie;dditi0nal locks, can be liridged horizontally or in an arch form, the arch'units being indicated by J,

the reference characters 3'and 4, the latter beingprimarily intended as'kcy hloclrs. I

The blocks 3, Which iorm thcinajor porcurved iorin a at (i and thrri L ens T 5 are flat or straight and n ht nod in the general direction a the tionot the arch, are inclined at their'side" date pair of the key blocks, it ho ing-u dcrstood: of course that, the proportionfof' the opcning "from one sideto'. the other and ot the \ritth ot' the blocks Willbe determined prior to the placeinent'oi'the' blocks 4, so thatn'hcn the key blocks re fitted i055 between and interlocked \vitlnthe' innerruosfllrlochs 3, thc opening shall be co1n pletel-y closed and the flat or V'ertical'sides. 12 of the blocks shall lit snuglv together;

in the building of this arcln'which can be accomplished by unskilled labor, and with outthc use of niortar or the like, temporary sumiriris. not shown. can he utilized as a suppnri 'lnr 1m hh'irlis as they are progressiroly plncc-rl in posilirm inwardly from the sides ml the uprning l, and when the key hiiicks are plurmil in position, rho arch is wholly soli srisliiining and the temporary immimrl's :ire rumored. ll hrire narrow opeir lugs are sl mmed, l'hc Ulllllillfll can place hi1 unit hluclrs in giosition Without nscssilirlin r the nss (all SllpIKHi'S, iii least any other sirppiirl lliiill ii of n hiiiirl. For lhs srcmion f the lilmi in :m Elllfll will as illiislrirlml h llirg iire 2 His semis prorwlurr: is llillmrsrh rzrrrpl: rhni certain 01'' the hloclri-r PL'U EIJ'CSL. 0i inii'rlrlfh will hi! arranged in gradually ascending rizlnrrnraflh sir in lllkf ascent rorrsspmirlinp; m the llOi'lll 0'1 :1 ship 0:" risvr, :uu'l ihs upper (*"illlS u'l ihr luwrr steps of the hlorlrs thus arranged in (lilil'srsnt horixonizll 1.111111% will ruler llli lm'rer recesses S oi" "the adj .JC-iil hhirlas in. liilfhfil pl:1nes,z1nrl the lower ends 01 the, upper "v mof the higher hlnrks will lil in the J.'r-':r-4;--ra&:.= S in the [ops oi the likllh low-2r fllllllllllg); lllOCliS, all as illusl zitml in Figure ll lmrr ii is (lesirml l0 hrirlgre or spun hill! u 'iprr sirlc of :m ripening in 1! wall 1, inclined 01: sh

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.lll'mlll lllf: shore (lust iptirm, ila will he zriipin-uni iihiit i: harm produced iiuil. lllUClit which urrhus All any spam f -ilillglllil rir lirrm arched (llillllfflfiif can he rrzirlily {erect-- ed 01' constrnclcerl hy unskilled lzrhor and. \i'il'huui use of mortar or any other hinder, :mrl the} hlorks are of such character that only l' \\(l types are needed, namely, the hhulr: 3 21ml the hlnclzs: -il-, as by simply rs? wrsing their pi'JSiilOll the can be useci iii: Ollllfjl side of the center oi. the opening span. in other words. all of the ordinary blur-ks S are iclvnticnl and may he produced from it rmnmmi mold, :mcl this statement applies 'wii h wi'rrrnue t0 1hr lmy hlncks 4:.

l1 apparent ihzil the blocks may he mails '\\'llil 1i single sir or with a pluralily iii sin- 21s imlir-nlml, and that the blocks are r lfllftl'llllill in" nimliliriilirm in minor pnrticw lnrs irilhwii' rlvpnrlzing; from the primiple of warm-Helium :mil liimlr ul. upraliio'n invslved Ur lrmai lhu spirit Hill smpe of the :rppenclerl i-lziims l. A unit block for arch construction hariiig; Pul'nllrl inclined faces 01 step form, the slaps: iii one side being; inverted with respect is the ships at the opposite side, the top of the lJlOilx' mljarent lhr upper enrl of the top-- l1i(.|:-l' riser having; :1 transverse groove, mid the hollmu 0i ihr hluclr mljarenl; the lower nml of the nmlcrmust risiiar, having :1 correspomling grrmvo or rrrrss.

:3. 'llii: comliimilxisn 0i. a series of blocks :rrrungrwl 1'10 fin-m an arch which slopes uplfillllll and imi'nrllly from such siclerccrtziin i i lire hhmlrs at oppssite sides of the (ffllltfll iii" lhr: arr-h lasingiliSlllUHiil. in (liliierrnt hori- :inniul planes, :mrl qiiirl hlorlrs having i11- iz-linml sills lanes 0! r lip-like form. the shutling; slapped 'lzlrss ml. adjacent lilac-ks being izilrrlwliml lugrlhsr against inclepenrlsliit liirriminliil iimvrmrril, all oil the! blocks SlldHCl' h1g1; ili wrrrlnppih g rrhiljriu, the two inneriiiosl hhirhs li\'ill 1 shuttling fli'li] faces and rimsl'lliiiiiny; lqrey hlrirli's for the arch as 1i W h n l s.

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